The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12

Ing and granting for that purpose
parts OF the public domain. Demo.
cratic congresses have appropriated
70,000,000 acres of public land for
educational purposes, and the meas
urers were approved by democratic
presidents. When Tennessee herself
was ceded to the United States by
North Carolina and became part of
the territory, the government gave to
Tennessee the power to issue grants
within her territory. There were re-
served 100, 900 acres in East Tennes>
sec, and 100, 900 acres in Middle and
West Tennessee, TOR the use of two
colleges and $40 acres in every six
miles square for the use of schools and
academies. This statute was approved
by Thomas Jefferson. The lands Of
Tennessee were then a part Of the
public domain of the United States,
and congress, with Jeferson's approx
al, caused to be erected two colleges
and twenty-seven academies in the
state of Tennessee. All that remain
ed from the sale of the public land tor
The education Of the children of Tens
nessee was stolen by the republican
party after the war. In all the terri
tories of the union there are 1880
acres in every six miles square set
apart for the establishment aud main-
tainance of common schools. The
democratic party has given 10000
600 acres of land for common school
education. The republican party has
voted 1856, 100000 to land grabbers,
railroads and corporate monopolies.
In my advocacy of the means for OBJ
tanning education for our children |
follow the plain paths of democratic
principles taught by Jefferson, the
founder of our free government" =
Extract from r. L. Taylor's opening
(and therefore leadlng) speech Of the
campaign, delivered at MadisOnville.
This shows his position up to the
election and his message, and esLab'
fishes the following points: LIST, That
he favored free schools. I'd, tie ia
vored Federal aid to make them per-
manent. Sd, He believed the best
mode to do this was through sales Of
the public lands. 4th, He opposes
the appropriation of any surplus in the
Federal treasury applicable to pay
ment OF the public debt. 9th, He
opposed Federal supervision over ouI
schools. These positions were public
ly proclaimed by him, and spread BY
the press all over the State, and only
those too ignorant or too careless tt
read, or too stupid tn understand plain
English. c0ald~hsve failed to know
Just where our candidate for governor
stood on the Blair bill and Fedora
aid question. These utterances Speal
boldly and distinctly.
But it is charged that he went bacE
on all this in his message to the legis
lature. Let us see if the principle
announced in his message are or no
perfectly consistent with those previ
Ously uttered. Here is what he saw
in his message:
"By a thorough reformation Of on
revenue system we may 50 lmprov
our finances as to be able to bette
provide for the support Of our publ
schools; but complete and suthcien
provision can hardly be made unit
our taxable wealth shall have beef
greatly increased by a more extensiv,
development of our resources. Blu
until this shall take place, where shall
we look for complement to the pro
vision we are able to make? For tn
children of the present who ca mo
wait, how shall we supply the grea
deficit in our school fund The masse
of the people are anxiOusly turnin
their eyes to the general goWrnmen
for aid. My sense of duty to tn
children of the state cOmpels me to sa
that if there is surplus of money i
the National Treasury not applicabl
to the payment of The national deb
the appropriation of the same for thi
purpose, stripped of the conditions
Federal supervision, would be an il
estimable blessing to them"
Here we have advocacy of schools
, of Federal aid, opposition to aPpr'
, priating any money now in the Fede
) al treasury for the purpose which
! applicable to the payment of the put
lie debt, AMI opposition to Federal 81
| pervision over our public schools. {
far, certainly he is literally consisten
, nor is there any Inconsistency" in b
! believing that the proceeds OF the sal
: Of our immense public domain Is Il
, best source to render our system
, public schools "permancnt and su
/ cessful, " and his willingness TO take 1
appropriation of money now In ii